Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Bradley Manning verdict , Partly celebrated in Iceland - video and photos

People who have been following the Manning case ,came together today in Reykjavik ,when the Manning verdict was made public.
Birgitta Jonsdottir, member of the Icelandic parliament, was there. She took part at Wikileaks , when the data that Manning sent to them .
 People where surprised and some where moved , when they heard the verdict They are celebrating that Bradley Manning , did not get convicted on the most cerius charge - On aiding the enemy.
If he would have been convicted on that - that would mean that journalists ,could be convicted on news - on information , that the goverment could say that the news was information to the enemy .
But the people celebrating , are at the same time , shocked on what he was convicted on , and understand that the verdict could be very high , in years.